accept something on faith

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• accept/take on faith — accept/take (something) on faith : to accept (something) as true without proof or evidence that it is true I m not willing to take her statements on faith. I ll accept it on faith that he knows the truth. • • • Main Entry: ↑faith …   Useful english dictionary

• accept/take something on faith — accept/take (something) on faith : to accept (something) as true without proof or evidence that it is true I m not willing to take her statements on faith. I ll accept it on faith that he knows the truth. • • • Main Entry: ↑faith …   Useful english dictionary

• Faith — • In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man s attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Faith     Faith …   Catholic encyclopedia

• faith — [ feıθ ] noun *** 1. ) uncount strong belief in or trust of someone or something: have faith in: I m delighted to know you have such faith in me. lose faith in: The public have lost faith in what the government is doing. put your faith in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• faith */*/*/ — UK [feɪθ] / US noun Word forms faith : singular faith plural faiths 1) [uncountable] strong belief in or trust of someone or something have faith in: I m delighted to know you have such faith in me. lose faith in: The public have lost faith in… …   English dictionary

• Faith — is a belief in the trustworthiness of an idea. Formal usage of the word faith is usually reserved for concepts of religion, as in theology, where it almost universally refers to a trusting belief in a transcendent reality, or else in a Supreme… …   Wikipedia

• faith — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trust, reliance, confidence, expectation; belief, creed; loyalty; religion.Ant., doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Complete trust] Syn. confidence, trust, credence, belief, credit, assurance, acceptance,… …   English dictionary for students

• take on faith — verb To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence. Their own parents, for example, will be able to regale them with tales about how they simply took it on faith that democracy was the best possible form of… …   Wiktionary

• Bad faith — For other uses, see Bad faith (disambiguation). Two hearts redirects here. For things named Two Hearts , see Two Hearts. Further information: Self deception and Deception Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is double mindedness or double… …   Wikipedia

• Bahá'í Faith and Native Americans — The Bahá í Faith and Native Americans has a history reaching back to the lifetime of Abdu l Bahá and has multiplied its relationships across the Americas. Individuals have joined the religion and institutions have been founded to serve native… …   Wikipedia

• Leap of faith — A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in something without, or in spite of, available empirical evidence. It is an act commonly associated with religious belief as many religions consider faith to be an… …   Wikipedia